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December 2011 The Bertie County Board of Education met in a special session the afternoon of December 1st to discuss the building of a new Bertie High School. Dr. Debbie Harris Rollins, BCS Superintendent, said there were three vital issues that must be addressed in the design of the school; Understand projected enrollment figures, consider the needs of current and future programs in Curriculum and Instruction, including possible Career Technical Education classes, and technology. The Superintendent introduced Jimmy Hite and his colleagues Tony Parker and Ann Williams, with the architectural firm of Hite and Associates. Hite presented detailed renderings of a prototype high school (Corinth-Holders HS in Wendell, NC)
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Commissioner Rick Harrell said he was concerned about the school not being able to house all of the students and questioned if the board had looked at the option of doing away with the proposed 500-seat auditorium to build classrooms. “It still would not give us adequate space for Bertie STEM High School,” Dr. Harris-Rollins said. Harrell also asked if there was a need to have public input on the schematics of the school. Parker said he would like for the public to have that opportunity. Commission Chairman L.C. Hoggard III said he knew it would be nice to add classrooms to the school, but also realized the amount of money budgeted was all the board had to spend. “Maybe in two to five years we can take a look at this as good stewards of taxpayer funds and we can add on to the new school,” he said. Harrell said he was still concerned about space. “I’m not in the school business or the school design business,” he said. “I have to take the board of education’s word on that.” Parker said that while he thought other members of the board would disagree, he thought they should look at removing the auditorium. Cherry and Perry each said they were strong supporters of the auditorium because of the advantages it would bring. “Let me just ask this question,” Parker said. “Are we building the auditorium for the students or the general population?” Several commission members answered simultaneously, “Both.” Dr. Harris-Rollins said the elimination of the auditorium to build the 12 classroom spaces would not be enough to house Bertie STEM. She said it would take at least 14 classrooms. Hite Associates architect Jimmy Hite said his estimate was that it would cost $2.5 million to build 14 additional classrooms. Hoggard said the $18 million was not optimal, but it was enough to move forward to build a state-of-the-art facility. “In the future, maybe we can expand, but right now we can build a quality school for ninth through twelfth graders,” he said. “If I have anything to do with it, I won’t let it stop. If we move forward you’ll make the best use of what we build,” Perry asked the school leaders. Dr. Harris-Rollins said the district was “planning to do just that.” |
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222 County Farm Road P.O. Box 10 Windsor, NC 27983 Phone: (252) 794-6000 Superintendent: Dr. Debbie Harris Rollins Board of Education: Gloria Lee, Chair Emma Johnson, Vice Chair Pamela Chamblee Rickey Freeman Alton Parker |
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